-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Real Madrid kept the pressure on Spanish leaders Barcelona with a 2-1 victory in the capital derby against Atletico on Saturday .

Barcelona earlier defeated Getafe by the same scoreline to move eight points clear at the top , but Jose Mourinho 's men responded by beating Atletico for the fourth time this season .

Karim Benzema continued his recent hot scoring run to put Real ahead in the 11th minute at the Vicente Calderon , with the France forward netting for the eighth time in five games after a clever stabbed pass from Sami Khedira .

Khedira 's fellow Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil made it 2-0 in the 32nd minute with his sixth La Liga goal this season , sidefooting a powerful left-foot effort from Marcelino 's left-wing cutback that Atletico keeper David de Gea could only help into the net .

The lead at times flattered Real , who needed a string of fine saves from goalkeeper Iker Casillas to keep Atletico at bay .

Striker Sergio Aguero finally scored a deserved goal in the 86th minute after a well-worked one-two with Koke inside the penalty area , but Atletico did not seriously threaten again in the three minutes of time added on .

It capped a fine week for Mourinho , who guided Real into the quarterfinals of the European Champions League for the first time since 2004 , with a tie against England 's Tottenham awaiting .

Barcelona are also through to the last eight of that competition , facing Ukraine 's Shakhtar Donetsk with the winner to play either Real or Spurs in the semis .

Pep Guardiola 's team went into the home match against Getafe without veteran French defender Eric Abidal , who had an operation to remove a liver tumor last Thursday , plus captain Carles Puyol , winger Pedro and Maxwell .

But with the likes of Lionel Messi and David Villa in the line-up , the Catalans always had too much firepower against a team which has slumped out of European qualification contention .

That star duo did not add to their formidable goal tally this season , as Brazil fullback Dani Alves broke the deadlock in the 17th minute with a fierce half-volley from outside the penalty area .

Villa was booked for diving before halftime , then Messi helped 20-year-old Bojan Krkic make it 2-0 four minutes after the break with a low shot that took a huge deflection .

It was Krkic 's 100th La Liga outing for Barcelona , and featured his second successive goal and sixth of the campaign .

With Barca coasting , Getafe gave the home fans a late scare when Manu del Moral volleyed home a cross in the 87th minute .

In Saturday 's other game , Real Mallorca moved up to ninth place with a 1-0 win at home to Real Zaragoza , who remained four points above the bottom three .

In Italy , Serie A leaders AC Milan suffered a shock 1-0 defeat at Sicilian club Palermo on Saturday .

Defender Dorin Goian 's 11th-minute winner gave defending champions Inter Milan the chance to close to within two points of their city rivals by beating lowly Lecce on Sunday .

Third-placed Napoli can cut Milan 's lead to three points by beating Cagliari in Sunday 's late match .

In Saturday 's other game , Lazio moved back into fourth place with a 1-0 win at home to struggling Cesena thanks to a second-minute goal from striker Mauro Zarate .

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Barcelona remain five points clear of Real Madrid after both teams win on Saturday

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La Liga champions Barca cruise to a 2-1 victory at home to Getafe

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Real respond by beating Atletico by the same score in the Madrid derby

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Italian Serie A leaders AC Milan suffer a shock 1-0 defeat at Sicilian club Palermo